Construction industry acronyms - R
This article presents a list of construction industry acronyms beginning with 'R'.
For other letters click on the list below:
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R - Render
R & R - Remove & Replace
R&D - Refurbishment and Demolition
R&D - Research and Development
R&D&i - Research, Development and Innovation
R&M - Repair and Maintenance.
R/E - Return / Exhaust
R408A - HCFC Refrigerant
RA - Rapid Assessment
RA - Recycled Aggregate
RA - Route Availability
RAB - Regulated Asset Base
RAB - Resource Accounting and Budgeting
RAC - Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
RACI - Responsible for, Authorize, Contribute to, Informed about
RAD - Radiator
RAD - Rapid Application Development
RADAR - Radio Detection and Ranging
RAG - Red Amber Green
RAM - Responsibility Assignment Matrix
RAM - Route Asset Manager
RAMP - Route Asset Management Plan
RAMS - Risk Assessment Method Statements
Rats - Remote Access Terminals
RB - Resilient Bar [British Gypsum]
RBD - River Basin District
RBCA - Registered Building Control Approvers
RBKC - Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
RBM - Reinforced Bituminous Membrane (roofing)
RBMP - River Basin Management Plan
RBP - Relationship-based project procurement
RBR - Rubber
RBU - Relay Base Unit
RC - Recycled Content
RC - Reinforced Concrete
RC - Roman Catholic
RC - Room Criteria (acoustics)
RCA - Recycled Crushed Aggregate (also Recycled Concrete Aggregate)
RCBO - Residual-Current Circuit Breaker with Overload Protection
RCC - Reinforced Cement Concrete
RCCB - Residual-Current Circuit Breaker
RCD - Residual Current Device
RCM - Reliability Centred Maintenance
RCS - Respirable Crystalline Silica
RCS - River Corridor Survey
RD&D - Research Development and Demonstration
RDA - Regional Development Agency
RDA - Regional Development Agency (replaced by Local Enterprise Partnerships)
RDA - Regional Development Assembly
RDEL - Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
RDL - Reference Data Library
RDP - Registered Disabled Person
RDS - Responsible Developers Scheme
RdSAP - Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure
RE - Resource Efficiency
RE - Rodding Eye
REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals
REB - Relocatable Equipment Building
REC - Renewable Energy Certificate
RECC - Renewable Energy Consumer Code
ReFH - Revitalised Flood Hydrograph
ReFH2 - Revitalised Flood Hydrograph (version 2)
REGO - Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin
REGS - Regulations
REI - Fire rating according In the European system of classification (‘R’ refers to structural stability, ‘E’ stands for ‘integrity’, ‘I’ for ‘insulation’)
REI - Request for Employer's Instruction
REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust
REJ - Reinforced Elastomeric Joints
REL - Recommended Exposure Limit
REM - Rapid Engineering Model
REMA - Review of Electricity Market Arrangements
REP - Real Estate Partnership
REPD - Renewable Energy Planning Database
REPPIR - Radiation Emergency Preparedness And Public Information Regulations
REQD - Required
REST - Representational State Transfer
RESTATS - Department Of Energy And Climate Change Renewable Energy Statistics
ReU - Reuse
REUL - Retained EU Law
RF - Radio Frequency
RFB - Request for Bid
RFC - Request for Change
RFC - Request for Comments
RFCC - Regional Flood and Coastal Committee
RFDD - Reasons For Designation Decision
RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification
RFM - Run to Fail Maintenance
RFP - Request for Proposal (also possibly Package or Price)
RFQ - Request for quote
RFRA - Regional Flood Risk Appraisal
RFT - Right First Time
RFx - Request For X
RGB - Red Green Blue (LED)
RGGO - Renewable Gas Guarantees of Origin
RH - Relative Humidity
RHI - Renewable Heat Incentive
RHPC - Rapid Hardening Portland Cement
RHS - Rectangular Hollow Section
RHS - Revitalising Health and Safety
RHS - Right Hand Side
RHS - River Habitat Survey
RI - Railway Inspectorate
RIA - Regulatory Impact Assessment
RIAS - Royal Incorporation of Architects In Scotland
RIBA - Royal Institute of British Architects
RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
RICT - River Invertebrate Classification Tool
RIDDOR - Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
RIGS - Regionally Important Geological And Geomorphological Site
RIM - Reservoir Inundation Mapping
RIMAG - Risley Moss Action Group
RIP - Reduced Ignition Propensity
RIR - The Railways (Interoperability) Regulations 2011 (As Amended)
RISKAT - Risk Assessment Tool
RIT - Risk Identification Tool
RLD - Regional Landscape Designation
RM - Repair and Maintenance
RM - Room
RMA - Risk management authority
RMC - Ready Mix Cement
RMI - Repair, Maintenance and Improvement
RMM - Rail Method of Measurement
RMP - Relationship Management Plan
RMP - Risk Management Plan
RMRS - Remote Meter Reading System
RNA - Remediation by Natural Attenuation
RNA – Resource Natural Area
RNA - Retrospective Network Analysis
RNA - Risk Not Acceptable
RNCP - Request for Notification for change to Cost & Program
RNCP - Request for Notification of Cost & Programming Impact
RNG - Renewable Natural Gas (biogas)
RO - Renewable Obligation
RO - Rough Opening
ROC - Renewables Obligation Certificate
ROF - Royal Ordnance Factory
ROGS - The Railways And Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations
ROI - Return on Investment
RoL - Rights of Light
Rospa - Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents
ROT - Renovate, operate, transfer
RP - Rail Package
RPA - Real Property Administrator
RPA - Risk potential assessment
RPB - Regional Planning Body
RPC - Reduced Pollution Certificate
RPC - Regional Prime Contracts
RPC - Regulatory Policy Committee
RPD - Resources and Planning Directorate
RPDT - Residential Property Developer Tax
RPE - Respiratory Protective Equipment
RPG - Registered Park And Garden
RPL - Recognised Prior Learning.
RPO - Redundancy Payments Office
RPO - Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
RPP - Responsible Purchasing Policy
RPZ - Root Protection Zone
RRB - Route Refinement Baseline
RRC - Reducing Regulation Committee
RRO - Regulatory Reform Order
RS - Risk Score
RSA - Rolled Steel Angle
RSB B - Road Sound Barrier Board
RSCS - Responsible Sourcing Certification Scheme
RSD - Rolling Stock Depot
RSES - Register of Security Engineers and Specialists
RSHI - Rock Slope Hazard Index
RSI - Repetitive Strain Injury
RSIA - Road Safety Impact Assessment
RSL - Registered Social Landlords
Rsls - Registered Social Landlords
RSMD - Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot
RSPB - Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds
RSS - Regional Spatial Strategy
RSSB - Rail Safety And Standards Board
RSSB - Rail Safety Standards Board
RSSB - Railway Safety and Standards Board
RT - Reverberation Time
RTA - Ready to assemble
RTFO - Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
RTK - Real time kinematic
RTMC - Regional technology maintenance contractor
RTN - Return
RTO - Research & Technology Organisation
RTPI - Royal Town Planning Institute
RTS - Robotic Total Station
RTU - Rooftop Unit
RU - Railway Undertakings
RUDI - Resource for Urban Design Information
RUS - Route Utilisation Strategies
RUS - Route Utilisation Strategy
RV - Rateable Value
RVAA - Residential Visual Amenity Assessment
R-value - thermal Resistance value of a material
RVIS - Visible reflectance
RVTS - Roadside Vegetated Treatment Sites
RWA - Regional Water Authority
RWC - Responsible Welding Co-ordinator
RWH - Rainwater Harvesting
RWO - Rain Water Outlet
RWS - Renovation Wave Strategy
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